Mine are 1.) Heath Ledger 2.) Steve Irwin 3.) JFK Jr 4.) Brittney Murphy and her husband and 5.) The Reeves especially since CHristopher seemed to be doing so well and then Dana got lung cancer shortly after his death.

1. Ryan Dunn - im 21 and remember when jackass became big, i was 10 so he was a big part of mi life, he was an idol of mine, i adored him and the jackass crew and will admit i broke down when i found out he was a legend!
2. MJ - i remeber this very well as i was sat on facebook with the news on and saw a status saying 'omg cant believe MJ has been rushed to hospital' turned to the tv which i was ignoring and watched it all unfold, another idol of mine as my mum is a huge fan and i grew up on this mans music
3. Lady Diana - this 1 was also a major impact as it was also mi 7th birthday, 1 i shall never forget due to this, even now shes still in the news almost 14 years later, the impact it caused speaks for itself there
4. Paul Gray - bassist in slipknot, mi second favourite band, yet again remember when they got big and as with Ryan have had a huge impact on mi life, lucky enough to have seen him play before his death and seeing slipknot again on the memorial tour
5. Steve Irwin - yet again grew up with the man and loved what he did
Here are some others that have died in my lifetime that have made an impact or was too young to remember :
Freddie Mercury
Kurt Cobain
Dimebag Darryl
Jimmy 'the rev' Sullivan
Heath Ledger
Ronnie James Dio
Colin McRae
Jam Master Jay
Tupac
Osama Bin Laden
And ofc the victims of 9/11 and huricane Katrina
These are all the 1s tht stick in mi mind.

1. Princess Diana
2. Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman
3. Michael Jackson
4. Chris Farley
5. Tupac Shakur
Others that were shocking: Of course the World Trade Center (I didn't list that since it was several, but I'd put it at the top of my list), and Phil Hartman

How about R Budd Dwyer? He was a former Pennsylvania Senator and Treasurer that held a press conference on 1/22/87 for the sole purpose of blowing his brains out on live tv. Then stations all over the country kept playing it over and over with the "contains shocking and graphic footage not suggested for children." Like my parents watched the news with me. I was in th grade and still have nightmares of seeing it to this day.